Privacy Policy
(The 'Legal Stuff' we need to say)
1. Introduction
We may collect, store and use the following types of personal information:
(I) Information about your computer, about your visits to this website, which may include information about your IP address, time on site, pages viewed, geographical location, device used;
(II) Information that you provide to us when using our website, registering with us or using our reminder or notification services, which may include your personal information, postcode, phone numbers, email address and other details given to us;
(III) Information when you sign up to any of our newsletters;
(IV) Any other information you choose to send to us (including testimonials, feedback and questions).
2. Cookies
2.1 We use cookies throughout this website. A cookie is a small text file that is sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser on your computer. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This allows the website server to identify and track the usage of our website for statistical analysis and monitoring purposes.
2.2 We send cookies to you, which may be stored by your browser on your computer, for the following purposes:
(I) To enable us to identify you whilst you are using our website and manage your use of our website (including assisting you with navigating our website)
(II) To validate competition prize entries.
2.3 Use of our website will also result in cookies generated by third parties being sent to you, as follows:
(I) We use Google analytics to analyse the use of the yourclearview.co.uk website. These systems generate statistical and other information about website use. The information generated about the use of this website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google will store this information, although many of the cookies they use are deleted when you close your browser. You can find out more about the way Google use cookies by visiting their respective privacy policies available at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
(II) We may use third party cookies and similar technologies to show you adverts on other websites that may be of interest to you based on your previous activity on yourclearview.co.uk. You can find out about the different third party cookies that may be used via these links:
Google
Facebook
Twitter
You can find out more about cookies in general by visiting https://www.aboutcookies.org/
2.4 The majority of browsers (including Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer) allow you the option to disable cookies. However by doing so is likely to have a negative impact on the usability of any website you then visit afterwards. You can view most of the cookies currently on your browser, and choose to opt out of them via www.aboutads.info/choices/.
2.5 Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.
3. How we may use your personal information
3.1 Personal information submitted on yourclearview.co.uk will be used for purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or in relevant parts of the website to provide you price comparison services or product deals.
3.2 Any information entered into a product search, enquiry form or data entry field may be:
(I) Stored by us
(II) Shared with a third party company, only so we are able to provide you with any payment processing services you have requested, such as paying by automatic secure Direct Debit.
3.3 If you enter in to one of our competitions, we may use your personal information to manage any competition entries you submit, validate such competition entries, and send you any prizes in the event you may win a competition prize draw.
3.4 If you sign up for one of our email newsletters or notification services we may use your personal information to send you emails.
3.5 We may use your personal information on a more general basis to:
(I) Enable your use of our website;
(II) Improve your browsing experience by tailoring our website, deals or adverts to your interests;
(III) Provide third parties we work with anonymous statistical information about our users (this information however will not be used to identify individual users);
(IV) Send you email notifications or newsletters with information on products or services you have shown interest in;
(V) Send other occasional emails that you have the option to unsubscribe from at any time.
3.6 We will not, without your express consent, provide any of your personal information to any third party outside our group for the purposes of direct marketing.
4. Other Disclosures
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may disclose information about you:
(I) To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(II) In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(III) In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(IV) To the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.
5. Security of Data
5.1 We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
5.2 We will store all the personal information you provide in our password-protected database. Our servers are protected by a firewall. In addition, all pages on the website relating to your personal information will be protected using SSL technology, and account details (including passwords) will be stored in our database in an encrypted form.
5.3 It should be noted that any data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
5.4 You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password (save when you log on to the website).
5.5 Some user content will be published on the website such as testimonials.
5.6 Should you wish to keep your identity anonymous when you post on the website, this will be your sole responsibility.
6. Policy updates
We may amend or update this Privacy Policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
7. Rights
7.1 You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you under the Freedom of Information Act. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of an administration fee of £10.00.
8. Third Party Websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
9. Updating Information
Please keep the account information we hold about you up-to-date. You are able to amend your account information when logged in to your account.
10. Contact
Should you have questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting our contact us page.